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Resolve problems of Pakhtuns, Altaf urges Sindh Govt
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain Sunday demanded of the Sindh government to resolve problems of the Pakhtun and Hazarewall populated areas of the metropolis, Geo News reported.Altaf said this during a telephonic address to the MQM's public meeting of people belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here at Jinnah Ground, Azizabad. The gathering's aim was to promote love and harmony among different communities living in the provincial capital.
MQM is not only the party of downtrodden Punjabis, Sindhis, Balochis, Gilgit-Balistanis and Kashmiris but also the Pushto and Hindko speaking people. "Pushto and Hindko speaking people are also our brothers," he said.
He said MQM would foil conspiracies aimed at creating hatred among people and pitting them against one another. Altaf Hussain held feudals and landlords responsible for hatching conspiracies on the basis of divide and rule formula.
The MQM Chief called upon the Urdu speaking people to provide protection to the push carts, roadside stalls, tea cabins and hotels belonging to the Pakhtuns.
"Promise me that you will play your role towards putting an end to the fight in Karachi," he asked the Urdu speaking people.
Altaf Hussain observed that the people from cities and other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would not have come to Karachi after leaving their loved ones behind, had they found opportunities of earning better livelihood there.
Calling Pakhtun people his brothers, he chanted 'Pathan Mohajir Bhai Bhai' 'Pathan Mohajir Bhai Bhai'.
Briefly touching upon the ouster of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and election of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as new PM, he said elements were still conspiring to derail the democratic process in the country.
Altaf Hussain linked the country's survival and stability to the continuation of democracy.
He said the next general elections are only months away, urging the 'conspirators' to desist from knitting plots against democracy and to wait for the polls.
Courtesy www.geo.tv